From surprise winners, to noticeable snubs, here's a look back at 15 Academy Awards controversies as we prepare for the 2022 Oscars.
The Freddie Mercury and Queen biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” was already entering the Oscars with several controversies, including the firing of director Bryan Singer after he was accused of sexual assault and the film’s perceived lack of attention to Mercury’s sexuality and the larger AIDS crisis. Upon the release of the final film, one particular scene with the members of Queen speaking to their manager went viral for a high number of erratic cuts.
FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2017, file photo, Jordan Horowitz, producer of "La La Land," left, shows the envelope revealing "Moonlight" as the true winner of best picture at the Oscars in Los Angeles as presenter Warren Beatty and host Jimmy Kimmel, right, look on. The film academy and its accounting firm, PwC, are announcing a spate of new rules Monday, Jan.
, which has set the tone for Oscar campaigning since then. But the win didn’t age well due to the accusations of rape and sexual harassment toward Weinstein that garnered much attention in 2017.Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” was a counterculture hit that inspired fervor and several copycat films in the years to follow, and it was an obvious favorite at the Academy Awards.
from the same year was not even nominated for Best Picture in the first place. “Driving Miss Daisy” has been likened many times over to the more recent but also controversial “Green Book.”With a director with the pedigree of Sydney Pollack and stars like Meryl Streep and Robert Redford, “Out of Africa” seemingly had all the right ingredients for an Oscar-worthy picture.
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